Trump administration pulls US out of UN human rights council

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley delivers remarks to the press together with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, announcing the U.S.'s withdrawal from the U.N's Human Rights Council at the Department of State in Washington, U.S., June 19, 2018. - REUTERS

WASHINGTON: The United States announced Tuesday (June 19) that it was leaving the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, with Ambassador Nikki Haley calling it “an organization that is not worthy of its name.” 

It was the latest withdrawal by the Trump administration from an international institution.